Tomorrow, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Brain Injury Association of Maryland will host a forum on traumatic brain injuries at the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground facilities in Aberdeen, Maryland. The forum will begin at 1 PM ET and last until 4 PM ET in the APG’s post theater, and the audience… Read More
An Old Drug Is Providing New Benefits In The Potential Treatment Of Autism
The drug Suramin was first developed in 1916 by two German scientists as a means of treating African sleeping sickness, which is a potentially fatal disease that is characterized by humans generally feeling tired and sleeping during the daytime, while remaining awake at night. The drug is still produced and sold by pharmaceutical giant Bayer… Read More
New Study Targets The Tongue As New Key To Brain Injury Recovery
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Tactile Communication and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory believe that they may have developed a new treatment process that can lead to considerable improvements in people who have experienced a variety of brain injuries. Specifically, they believe that they key to reversing the debilitating, lasting effects of TBI like multiple sclerosis could… Read More
Study Shows That Age Matters In ATV-Related Spinal Cord Injuries
According to a study conducted by pediatric orthopedic surgeons at the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, children and females are more likely to suffer spinal cord injuries in ATV-related accidents than anyone else. The study, published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, showed that accidents and injuries treated in hospitals among those two… Read More
University of Iowa Study Provides Hope In Diagnosing Mild Brain Injuries
Psychiatrists at the University of Iowa Health Care recently completed a study based on the observation of soldiers who had recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with mild brain injuries. Ultimately, the study showed that these soldiers possessed “abnormalities in the white matter of their brains”, according to a report by Psych Central. Known more… Read More
EPIC Program Changing The Way First Responders Treat TBI In Arizona
Thanks to more than $3.7 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health, an effort is underway in Arizona that could change the way the medical care providers are able to effectively treat brain injuries in the early stages. Known as the Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care (EPIC) project, this program is instructing early… Read More